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Birds chirp. A squirrel yips. The wierwierwier of a fly. A moth flits by the stair rail. Sunlight creeps forward. Soon, I’ll no longer be in shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I come to the page burning from stomach to chest. Leftovers from a yesterday fraught with nerves. My body, holding on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I come again, and I am safe. The birds chirp. The squirrel yips. The fly and the moth flit away. Sunlight creeps forward, but now, I am cool and calm in the shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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